This Week in Cricket #164: Black Caps beat India, White Ferns win the World Cup & Pakistan spin to victory

The Top Order Cricket Podcast

In this episode of the show, we celebrate an incredible week for New Zealand Cricket that culminated in a Test win in India for the Black Caps for the first time in 36 years and a T20 World Cup for the White Ferns within 12 hours of each other. We also look back at Pakistan's bold decisions against England and how they paid off to set up a mouth-watering decider in the third Test of that series.

After opening with our thoughts, feelings and emotions as New Zealand fans, we start by discussing a White Ferns World Cup win that seemed almost unthinkable when the tournament began. It was a true team performance from New Zealand, and we highlight the key role players who played a huge part along the way, as well as focusing our attention on Amelia Kerr's remarkable few weeks.

We then turn our attention to the Black Caps, who made history of their own this week by beating India in the first Test of the series - something they hadn't done for 36 years. There's plenty of praise for the bowlers - who skittled India for 46 in the first innings - the 'Rachin Ravindra is amazing' segment that has become a regular occurrence on the show over the past 12 months, as well as conversations about the toss and team selection. We also look at India's fightback, Sarfaraz's big hundred and what that means for the side going forward, Rohit Sharma's captaincy and much more as we break down this rollercoaster of a Test match.

To round out the show, we review Pakistan's turnaround in the second Test against England, which saw a host of changes that made the selection panel look like geniuses when Kamran Ghulam, Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali starred as the team surged to victory.

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0:00 Intro

3:45 The White Ferns win the T20 World Cup!

9:10 Amelia Kerr - player of the tournament

11:55 South Africa runners-up again

13:35 Australia's campaign - was it a disappointment?

17:35 Black Caps beat India - 36 years in the waiting for NZ

19:35 Was it a terrible decision from India to bat first?

22:35 Team selection - New Zealand's decision to pick three seamers paid off

27:15 Will Young and Devon Conway

31:40 Rachin Ravindra

35:00 Is Tom Blundell on the hot seat?

38:10 Tim Southee and Matt Henry

40:00 India's fightback

41:40 Rohit Sharma's captaincy - did he make a few mistakes?

45:15 Bowling rotations during Ravindra/Southee partnership

48:25 India's second innings batting - Kohli and Rohit

49:40 Rishabh Pant and Sarfaraz Khan

55:10 Have NZ's expectations risen after this win?

59:15 Pakistan v England - bold selections pay off for Pakistan

1:05:20 Is spin Bazball's kryptonite?

1:11:10 Sajid Khan and Nauman Ali combined for all 20 English wickets

1:13:10 Pakistan's batters

1:15:00 Who has the edge for the third Test?

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